Hüseyin Diriöz is a Turkish

Turkey

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 ambassador, and the current Assistant Secretary General of NATO for Defence Policy and Planning.

Personal life

Hüseyin Diriöz is a graduate of Ankara University

Ankara University

Ankara University is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in the Turkish Republic....

, where he studied Political Sciences, and the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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, where he gained his MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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Diriöz is married to Sibel and they have two children.

Career

Ambassador Diriöz is a career diplomat who served his country for 30 years before he joined the NATO.
He first joined the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)

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 in 1978 and served in Kabul

Kabul

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 and Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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 before attending the NATO Defence College in Rome

Rome

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 in 1987/88. He then returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a further year before joining the Turkish Delegation to NATO for four years.

In 1993, Ambassador Diriöz joined the NATO International Staff as Head of the Defence Policy Section and in 1996 he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara

Ankara

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. From 1998 to 2000 he was Minister-Counsellor in the Turkish Embassy, Washington DC, and on his return he became the Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2004 to 2008 he was Turkey’s Ambassador to Jordan

Jordan

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 after which he returned to the Ministry in Ankara for a year before becoming the Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Turkey

President of Turkey

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, Abdullah Gul

Abdullah Gül

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Hüseyin Diriöz joined the NATO International Staff as Assistant Secretary General on 18 October 2010.
The Defence Policy and Planning Division, which he directs and manages, has the lead on defence related issues such as defence transformation, defence capabilities, defence planning, logistics, missile defence and nuclear policy.

The Division is responsible for developing political guidance for the implementation of NATO’s new Strategic Concept, in particular to guide the work undertaken during the NATO Defence Planning Process, and is also responsible for the defence related aspects of cooperation between NATO and the European Union

European Union

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, notably in the field of defence planning and capability development. In addition, the Division is responsible for the political-military and defence related aspects of cooperation with partners and International Organisations.

External links

• Hüseyin Diriöz official NATO website